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Tray: C.551-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

Off-white stoneware, press-moulded, and salt-glazed. Formed as a concave wavy-edged leaf with a small curved branch handle at one end, standing on an oval footring

Notes

History note: Purchased from a dealer at Ringwood on 30 April 1921 for 7s. 6d.; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 2.2 cm
Length: 10.5 cm
Width: 7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
George II
Circa 1750 - 1760

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze

Materials used in production

White stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : White stoneware, press-moulded, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.551-1928
Primary reference Number: 75495
Old object number: 3729
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 15 January 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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